Sailors from Ronald Reagan Battle Group Suffering from Cancer 3 Years After Japanese Quake

[unhappycamper]

http://americanlivewire.com/2014-02-16-sailors-ronald-reagan-battle-group-suffering-cancer-3-years-japanese-quake/

Sailors from Ronald Reagan Battle Group Suffering from Cancer 3 Years After Japanese Quake
Posted by: Jeffrey Crooks

Over 50 Sailors who served on the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) are Suffering from Thyroid Cancer, Leukemia, and Brain Tumors after participating in Humanitarian assistance during the Japanese earthquake of 2011.

At least 71 sailors - many in their 20s - reported radiation sickness and will file a lawsuit against Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), which operates the Fukushima Daiichi energy plant.

During the Fukushima Nuclear rescue efforts, sailors onboard the USS Ronald Reagan and apart of the battle group that responded to the disaster, were exposed to high levels of radioactive material while afloat off the East coast of Japan.

(TRN http://www.TurnerRadioNetwork.com ) — Crew members in their mid-20?s from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan are coming down with all sorts of radiation-related illnesses after being deployed less than 3 years ago to assist with earthquake rescue operations off the coast of Japan in 2011. It looks as though the onboard desalinization systems that take salt out of seawater to make it drinkable, were taking-in radioactive water from the ocean for the crew to drink, cook with and bath-in, before anyone realized there was a massive radiation spill into the ocean.

[Vinnie From Indy]

1. Not knowing the facts of this case, I would still be inclined to think that there

was gross incompetence and criminal negligence by the US Navy.